Peep Show - Jesse Armstrong's Odd Couple

[@hannaguga8179]

it's funny because so often an odd couple type show ends an episode with this big reconciliation scene "oh man now i can see things from your perspective and i understand and respect you as a person" while in PS they are like "i hate you more now. i have hated you before and yet somehow my hatered for you has grown. unfortunately, without you i will disintegrate. do you want toast?"

[@stellviahohenheim]

That's how it is in real life also, it's the reason why you are not still friends with your childhood friends

[@sacrificiallamb4568]

Twice too. Series 8 and 9 both end with them stuck together.

[@cryocrusader2594]

"Awww, he loves me really." "I simply must be rid of him."

[@lanceash]

"I simply must get rid of him." Last line of the last episode. Brilliant. Never happen on American TV.

[@cmbeadle2228]

Peep Show is about two adults who have not achieved their dreams and are completely unfulfilled but only get by on the superiority complex they have built over each other. Mark hates his meaningless job that does not suit his character and stunted social life, but knows that he is at least more "adult" than his foolish flatmate. Jez has achieved absolutely nothing in his life but always thinks it's a small blessing that he hasn't sold out like Mark.

[@sidarthur8706]

unfilled?

[@alfsmith4936]

I think Jez has got further in life than Mark.. Mark works and makes himself miserable, to live in a 2 bed, ex council flat. He worries about money and what people think of him. None of the women in Mark's life are the type many would go for and even they don't respect him. Jez does nothing but enjoy himself and to Marks annoyance, he has a better life in the same flat, gets plenty of sex and is able to manipulate Mark into getting himself involved in the crap he does because Mark wants some fun.

[@nolanlemmon8180]

@@sidarthur8706 Un*ful*filled.

[@xxczerxx]

It's interesting because both aspects of their fundamental (deluded) beliefs I see in myself as someone who does the dullard 9-5 and also tries to be a musician (fairly shite at both !). That's part of why it's so good I guess, most people are actually somewhere between the pair

[@Liitebulb]

​@@alfsmith4936jez is pathetic. So is mark, but jez is worse

[@HolloVVpoint]

One of my favourite all time sitcoms, probably watched it a hundred times. Grossly underrated but definitely one of the greats.

[@GhostRider-on6bz]

There’s two types of people in the U.K. People that can hear the Phrase “chance would be a fine thing”, without adding “a fine thing indeed”and Peepshow fans.

[@conormurnane6457]

"That's a thing people say, isn't it?"

[@Vivi_9]

I do NOT iron my socks.

[@katieroberts7012]

My friends' version was 'this is outrageous, this is contagious, it's SOOOOO fu-TILE'.

[@M30W3R]

There's also people who would not order more than three Naans.

[@AM2K2]

Don't thank me. Thank the Microsoft Office family; Excel, PowerPoint, and Word - The Three Amigos.

[@zapkvr]

Access doesnt get enough attention

[@uniquebart225]

I watched succession for the first time after my 100th rewatch of peep show. You can see the writing similarities and I feel like it’s not spoken enough

[@jebus89]

They write such realistically cynical characters that is very relatable in almost the worst ways. The Thick of It is almost like a blend of the two, Armstrong co-wrote 15 episodes but you can see the similarities throughout

[@AlexMcMonnies]

​@@jebus89 came to reply exactly this. Three of the best comedies in terms of dialogue I have ever come across and all bear Jesse Armstrong's fingerprints. He's a genius.

[@TheAliif]

ACTION STATION !

[@brunolondinese5857]

Peep Show is my favourite British comedy and Succession is the worst thing I've ever watched. I can't see any similarities, or shared values and have no idea why people like the latter

[@cicero4272]

​@brunolondinese5857 I mean, that's certainly on opinion, and I, for one, definitely don't feel that reading it wasted valuable seconds of my life that I'll never get back. Fair play, lad.

[@noelfinn7436]

"The secret ingredient is crime" is my mantra

[@lanceash]

Hell yeah. I've said this on a couple other Peep Show videos, but Super Hans is like a deeply disturbed combination of Kramer and the Fonz. Truly one of the great TV characters of all time.

[@zapkvr]

It was a brilliant scene.

[@spaniyell]

Olivia's Oscar started here.

[@danpreston564]

I think it started on the Bev Kev insurance advert.

[@kevincarter2020]

Lovely Sophie

[@Archius9]

@@kevincarter2020”my beautiful wife”

[@That2J]

You’re my ballast, Mark

[@DanKeatis]

@@drt1605 Ooh Green Wing, excellent pull! Mark Heap, what a legend.

[@BrickNewton]

'This crack is a bit moorish' - Super Hans. For some reason its one of my favourite lines.

[@cash4goldteeth]

My random favorite line from Super Hans that I say all the time is "we've changed our name... we're now 'Curse These Metal Hands'" 😂

[@ZT5513]

Moreish, not moorish

[@Dharmaville]

@@ZT5513 no, it's moorish. moreish is not a word and makes no sense in that context

[@robkrol2137]

I always use "Hitler promised not to invade Czechoslovakia, welcome to the real world" as my default response to people saying "You Promised!" Or something to me

[@ameliorated]

For some reason you break promises often?

[@robkrol2137]

@@ameliorated sure. I'm a LARPer and play TTRPGs. Sometimes you just want to play an unrepentant thief or just plain want to get the most out of a quest reward. This is my go to phrase for that in like, a VTM game or D20 Modern. . .

[@comeOnDown21]

Chance would be a fine thing

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

You missed 'listening to coldplay'

[@mofetabionica]

People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis, you can't trust people.

[@ChaChaFunk]

One of greatest british sitcoms of all time, so glad to see someone finally covering it!

[@zapkvr]

At this point I think we can confidently say the greatest.

[@thegrinderman1090]

@@zapkvr 1. The Office 2. Peep Show 3. I'm Alan Partridge

[@Pullmanfan7]

I agree - if you haven't seen Peep Show, you MUST. It's my favorite comedy of all time and an extreme example of just how good TV writing can get. I'm psyched to see it get some of the coverage it deserves

[@lanceash]

Personally, I'm terrified at the idea of America finally coming up with a marketable version of the show and having THAT be the default version that fills everyone's heads when they think "Peep Show."

[@TheSpanishNotebook]

Peep Show is ESSENTIAL! I'm a Spaniard, British of adoption, living in the UK for 10 years. This is one of the best shows to understand and have an insight into the Brits . Apart from being brilliantly hilarious. Eternally quoted, timeless and original comedy. One of my favourite of all times. One of my comfort, feel-good series that I go to when I need cheering up.

[@SalvatoriusMyspace]

I am Italian, I used to live in UK for 10 years and Peep show is also my favourite comedy show of all times as it is exactly the sort of humour I love. The interesting thing is that I have meet many british people that don't really like it in fact peep show wasn't really very successful, in fact it has risked to die out after the third season, the fourth season has been commissioned only thanks to faithful fans (high dvd sells ). And yet people like us coming from a non english speaking culture we love this comedy very much. I tried to make proselytism among non british friends but it is too difficult, you need to have not only a compatible sense of humour but also knowing the british culture. Now I live in Germany and I am watching it for like the fifth time, I am at the seventh season.

[@PosthumousAddress]

I'm Australian, lived here for 12 years. Love it too because it is so inherently premised between the tension of social expectation, English "politeness", that being "awkward" for people around you is the worst thing, and juxtaposes it next how people often really feel but just go ahead with it because of thar social expectation and not being "awkward"

[@UncleXerces]

One thing I'm glad about my high-school buddy being stationed in the UK is him telling me to watch this show around 2010, probably my favorite sitcom.

[@roryheard1998]

There are crossovers between peep show and succession. Greg referring to Logan as Jaws (the name of the shark) - Mark and Jez arguing about if the shark is called Jaws. Stefan Straus is both head of JBL and also investigating Tom during the cruise scandal

[@JustanObservation]

Pretty sure April’s husband that gets kidnapped is also the one who calls Logan to tell him they think he should step down for the boat scandal

[@tehb1726]

@@JustanObservation yes, exactly

[@oisindowling7085]

On top of that, one of the production companies involved in making Succession is called Project Zeus. Of course making an acclaimed series is a much more possible task than turning marketing into a branch of sales

[@willherondale6367]

​@@oisindowling7085Absolutely, those aims are too fucking diffuse

[@emtoprma]

It’s such a diamond in the rough. I love this show so much. I got the chance to live in the UK for a year. I got the full British experience. I was extremely depressed and Peep Show was my sick and twisted lifeline. Wouldn’t change that for the world.

[@RedLabs]

Why do you think you connected with it so much during that time? (I hope this doesn’t come off as rude or arrogant)

[@emtoprma]

@@RedLabs not rude at all. I’m not quite sure. I remember feeling very satisfied at the end of each episode. I think that it made me laugh at how absurd life can be at times. I identified a lot with Mark and Jeremy. I was also a victim of my own decisions in life. And at the end of the episode not everything was solved. Just small changes at times. But it left me with a sense of continuity. It wasn’t over yet. Each episode was an opportunity, another chance to fix themselves. Even if the journey was miserable it was always new, interesting and also a dark kind of fun. It helped me think about my life in those terms as well.

[@RedLabs]

@@emtoprma thank you for taking the time to reply I really appreciate you writing back with a full bodied answer :) I hope things are going better for you now, and if not, I hope they start to turn around soon :)

[@Hazelcake]

mark and jez are all the awful things we see about ourselves, it's nice to find something relatable even when you're miserable. you can tell yourself they're worse than you yet at the end of the day, not alone.

[@robmann400]

One of the best shows of all time, either side of the Atlantic. ‘Super Hans,’ is one of the best television character names ever. It’s almost criminal to make a video this long about Peep Show, and not show, at least a passing glimpse, of the almost supernatural beauty, that is, Big Suze. Thanks for making videos eh.

[@zapkvr]

HERE HERE

[@mattfisher2371]

When I was younger I used to smoke weed and watch peep show to give myself anxiety

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

I used to get the same feeling by drinking 3 cafetieres of coffee, hiding under my bed and calling my dada after 10pm

[@MH-mx7hq]

Glad to know Im not the only one

[@joelongsurname]

doing this rn

[@donp8136]

This was a classic watch among students in the UK a decade ago. I remember feeling depleted after a watch and pitying Mark and Jez. It's so dark that I need company to watch it with, like watching a horror movie.

[@joeynessily]

..20 years ago 😂 first season was 2003.

[@donp8136]

@@joeynessily haha yes but it wasn't a classic yet! It was a classic 10 years ago when I was a student :)

[@donp8136]

@@joeynessilyor maybe it was an instant classic that remains a classic uk student watch till today, who knows

[@JackdotC]

As someone who recently went to uni, students still watch it. Everyone in my accommodation would come downstairs and watch a couple episodes every couple days

[@remimk]

I think this would be better transported to a Canadian version instead of an American one. Americans aren't commonly keeping their thoughts to themselves especially when they are convinced they are right

[@willgraham6191]

Damn, you nailed it

[@riparoo9675]

I can see it. Jez would work as one of those burnouts who languishes indoors, and particularily one of those guys who can't handle winters. Not as hippy and libertine like Jez, more blatantly status obsessed. Mark as a STEM trade/degree graduate who claims he wants to move forwards in life, but is an uncommunicative wreck and a neurotic nightmare boyfriend. He should be better disguised as a normo than British Mark, but anyone that interacts with him should catch on pretty quick. They'd live in one of those housing market crash poorly built suburban houses with an unfinished basement Jez lives in. Instead of claustrophobia it'll be agoraphobic with creeping hoarder tendencies that Canadian Mark would have.

[@lazatron2547]

Peep Show is my favourite show of all time. Brilliantly written in a way that still holds true today and the inner monologue thoughts are perfectly caputring the genuine thoughts we all have. It is, without doubt, the best thing we have produced and should be in everyone's top ten. Jez and the giant "turkey leg" and his look of disgust is amazing. "They've eaten Mummy!" As a show it's "Tikkety Boo."

[@lanceash]

"Did you have to eat it?" "I keep asking myself that, but in the moment I really did feel I had to eat it."

[@luismitvideos]

5 years of binge watching this show has lead up to this moment

[@tedtawk2783]

The most quotable show of all time

[@theazkii]

Urban myth

[@2neutrino]

@@theazkii Jamie Lee Curtis, born a hermaphrodite, true or false?

[@johndcoffee632]

Chance'd be a fine thing

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

​@@johndcoffee632a fine thing indeed

[@AdamOBrien29]

Those trees are not real trees

[@vh1775]

When I first read Stalingrad I’d quote it for month… then I said Peep show for the first time and realised I was Mark.

[@esquilax5563]

Please tell me you tried to seduce a woman with it

[@kevinmuendo9889]

Jeff's doing a joke! Jeff's doing a joke! Everbody quiet cos Jeff's doing a joke!

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

'Freak!'

[@darrenstopper1806]

😆nice

[@zapkvr]

@@darrenstopper1806 Izzy really is freakish

[@RettyBoop]

There’s no way to articulate how much I love this effing show.

[@pigchamp3627]

It's a daily watch essential

[@InfuryMusic]

Perfectly said, this was amazing to watch!

[@ivorstirling4263]

Such a shame its not seen much outside of the UK its truly amazing

[@throughthewoods416]

Thankyou for this loving analysis of my favourite tv show OF ALL TIME.

[@ryanh3635]

I love that the world discovered this gem

[@hbaird7258]

Peep Show is tied with Breaking Bad as my #1 favorite show. I was really hoping that when Succession took off (probably my #2) it might ignite a renewed interest in Peep Show. thanks for highlighting it!

[@ahmedrkiza6613]

"Are we the baddies?"

[@Lksz-l9k]

Wrong show, but yes!

[@muscleandhate]

Oh, uh, naughty, you've combined two different shows there, you might get an interdenominational... you know, from mixing the two measurement systems, a hangover of that kind.

[@Trichocereus1]

Have you seen "the grammar nazi"? Mitchell and Webb.

[@andrewchapman4267]

​@@muscleandhate excellent 👌

[@AdamOBrien29]

​@@muscleandhate top tier comment

[@DidYaServe]

It's one of the best ever because I can watch it over and over and still laugh at it. Not many shows have that. Like Alan Partridge, Father Ted or Simpsons in the '90s.

[@TimBarrett-b2u]

I used watched this heaps in High school, but haven't seen it since then. I always found that Mark and Jez represented the two sides of me that were always in competition. Both thought they were absolutely right but couldn't come to find a middle ground, and only begrudgingly co-exist with one another.

[@vincent9119]

Nice video mate, These I watch Peep Show and then get to peep at shows about Peep Show, and I love doing so!

[@puddinggeek4623]

Great video as always. I have never seen any of this sitcom. I will give it watch soon. Keep up the good work.

[@YoannCharlie]

My favorite show ! Just watching the clips in this essay made me laugh out loud, such a hilarious show, I have watched it so many times!

[@DaBIONICLEFan]

I'm so glad you appreciate the quote at 11:02 like I do. Such a brilliant programme 😂

[@_victorugo]

Watched every episode a couple of times, my favorite sitcom

[@Andulsi]

I always felt Peep show truer to life and so funny in its truthfulness than the cardboard cutout characters of Friends

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

I can literally quote every word in every clip they show in this vid.

[@danaborris345]

A show that has had a lot said about it, but at the same time is still massively underrated.

[@LLlap]

Mitchell and Webb are genius in everything they did.

[@greyLeicester]

Im Spanish and Peep Show is my all time favourite sit-com ❤❤❤ Im obssessed with the humour, the wit, the acting... it is superb! They're eating mummy 😂😂😂😂😂

[@garethmorgan3665]

" Guess not fitting my CV onto one side of A4 is basically irrelevant now... "😂😂😂

[@gromitx1682]

my favourite channel talking about my favourite show wtf

[@Doohickeydongle]

Ugh, as an American I can say, Why can't we just leave perfection alone. Like most recently, Ghosts. I can't bring myself to watch the American version, but I'll make an educated guess it sucks like so many other American adaptations.

[@patmann9363]

It stinks like King Kongs armpitts mate.

[@fanfair1813]

Also worth mentioning is the amazing supporting cast. The irrepressible, unpredictable Super Hans, Alan Johnson (Frankfoort), Sophie, Jeff, Big Suze, Dobby, Toni, Elana........the list goes on, and so do the laughs.

[@digapygmy70]

Peep Show is one of my favorite series of all time, I’ve recommended it to just about every friend of mine. I got my roommate to watch it with me a couple of years ago, and one of my proudest moments came when her sister unexpectedly spent the night with us: my roomie came into my room and said that she just wants to see what Mark and Jeremy are getting up to. She loved it! 😂

[@d_wigz6418]

What the fucks a washing machine doing in a pub? Jesus, I need a drink.

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

Then we'll serve them one of organic scrumpy's

[@samburke5789]

I think a lot of British people might be surprised that British TV is very popular in Australia. Peep Show is pretty well known here

[@mcbumbumbo6847]

and o

[@Jonbombs]

Jesse Armstrong also wrote on The Thick of It. Criminally overlooked when analysing how Armstrong's previous work influenced Succession. So prevalent.

[@unbabunga229]

One of the overlooked things about Peep Show was how it could accurately depict types of people. Like criminal burglaring their flat, and he starts playing the victim and whimpering, that is literally every street criminal ever.

[@sillystringeater]

Peep show is incredible, revolutionary and iconic

[@lolus8974]

I think the biggest parallel with succession is the ending, after all the machinations, all the efforts for success - our core characters end up in exactly the same space they were in the beginning, with the same frustrations and fewer and fewer opportunities

[@DanielCundeyMusic]

Peep show is the only show where I felt they could’ve made many many more series & it wouldn’t have got old or tiring!

[@fancyhat6505]

A good american remake of peep show? Chance would be a fine thing

[@coolvideos8864]

Honestly i WISH i could watch Peep Show as a new viewer! If you've never seen it then you are in for a treat. Stick with the first few episodes, get used to the way its filmed and you'll love it forever!

[@zapkvr]

Oh and if you havent seen the very last scene of the Mitchell and Webb show, you simply must go watch it. Robert Webb may just be one of the greatest actors of all time yet undiscovered. His portrayal of Dr Watson is throat catchingly beautiful. And the writing is utterly sublime.

[@guecoFX]

One of the best shows ever. Great review

[@michaelmcinerney1425]

Cracking analysis once again. My all time favourite show!

[@oisindowling7085]

Could you not mention crack?

[@andrasszabo1570]

@@oisindowling7085 Why not? It's just a nice little relaxing bit of crack. It's not Blue Peter!

[@darrenstopper1806]

It’s just that when u mention crack it makes me think of crack,and I love crack

[@lanceash]

"Please, don't say 'crack,' because you saying 'crack' makes me think of 'crack.'"

[@nickmoranis2865]

POV can do everything other traditional camera angles can do as long as there is more than one person in the field of view of whoever’s perspective the scene is being observed through. It’s just cameras on helmets.

[@Caerdan]

Plumbing's just lego, innit? Water Lego.

[@SpotCam]

beautiful analysis, fucking LOVE Peep Show so much man

[@RiddledinRizz]

I love this show. It added British slang into my own inner monolog. Brilliant

[@2120musiclover]

One of the best shows ever. I’ve watched it so many times.

[@RettyBoop]

“Oh my brain! My poor, diseased brain!”

[@michaelclifford6956]

Yeah, I'd just like to assure everyone that Mr corrigan will indeed be dead in a month.

[@TwistedIllusionUK]

Great video of the best sitcom ever written.

[@allaboutthevisuals77]

Brilliant show + Mitchell and Webb are just funny on site 😂

[@wacaysjibril3595]

I am not sick but i am not well

[@benmilligan9255]

Really good analysis

[@anaccount8474]

The way sitcoms are written in the UK is totally different to the US which is partly why remakes are rarely successful. In the UK sitcom writing is a cottage industry. It's one or two people writing it and maybe only write 6 episodes a year, in the US sitoms are written by teams, are always adapting to audience perception and 100s of episodes can be made a year.

[@GIBBO4182]

Peep Show has the best side character in any show ever made…Super Hans! Soooo many great moments from him!

[@princedavid88]

Legitimately the funniest show ever made. Mark, Jez, Sophie, Superhans, Johnson, Big Suze…all class characters.

[@monolith94]

Sophie crying gets me every time

[@JackdotC]

You know i think given some of the social etiquette overlap i think you could actually make a japanese adaptation of peep show and it would still work

[@lamondlense]

Nothing you want is ever gonna happen, that’s the real world. Your hair isn’t red and people don’t walk around on stilts.

[@D4n1t0o]

You know I'm fascinated by the idea if what you could do with the show 'Dexter'. Is there any chance you could take a look at it?

[@ZEPIfriedchicken]

If Just an Observation recommends it, I will watch it.

[@DjDown1984]

It's very good, cleverly done

[@DanKeatis]

Oh, I envy you having so many series to immerse yourself in. I remember adding each series to my DVD collection over the space of a decade!

[@AM2K2]

Start with season 2

[@DanKeatis]

@@AM2K2 You think? I LOVE series 1!

[@jungggledave]

An American Peep Show can't work because Americans are typically outspoken but Brits are typically repressed. Therefore the contrast between what the characters say and do, and what they actually think, only works if it's a British show.

[@zapkvr]

Bullseye. like the whole Mark / Sophie relationship arc is the best example. There was so much that no one in that circle was ever going to say out loud yet it affected all their motivations. Its a masterclass in the under and un stated. That scene when Ian confronts Mark about his true feelings for Sophie while his own wife was banging Jeremy. Better than therapy. Pure genius.

[@FosterWolf]

My all-time favorite British comedy.

[@berningid]

Peeps show was absolutely brilliant

[@gavinmillar816]

"I tell you what, that crack is really moreish"

[@Tims_Gym]

One of greatest comedies of all time.

[@Nic_Aster]

For me it's great, the creators and actors are geniuses 🎉

[@coinopanimator]

During their peep show days they wpuld made the perfect Ford Prefevt and Arthur Dent. (And Bill Bailey as Svlad Cjelli)

[@170skeith]

Peep show feels like a British it's always sunny like Charlie,Frank Jess and Super Hanz getting into trouble would be hilarious ngl

[@greg_nicholls]

You’re really looking at that document.

[@CJax749]

I’m gonna get this video up on my 32 inch plasma, because then I will really be looking at it.

[@conormurnane6457]

For a show with such depressing storylines and subject matter, it's amazing how many jokes they could fit into a half-hour. On average, I'd say about one every five seconds within almost every bit of dialogue. Not a single second was wasted, if they could find space for a joke, they would take it.

[@jernelleepalacio6334]

I forgot how I stumbled into this show but I Loved it so much.

[@Farron6]

I think Peep Show only works in a British setting. You see with American style remakes of British shows that there is an inherent gritty and spiteful tone in UK TV which just does not translate. The American Office for example is a much brighter, funner, optimistic place. Spoilers below I think Jeremy's killing, cooking and eating of the dog and the lies that follow would cause a complaint rampage in the USA whereas in the UK, it reduced my girlfriend and I to tears and laughing fits.

[@wolfgangkeim6892]

Where's the turkey Jeremy?? Honestly great video, hadn't realized that Jesse Armstrong was involved in both Peep Show and Succession!

[@kevain684]

This video is really more-ish

[@Justitia_Nomen]

Very well done video. Watched the whole show in full last year (friends showed it to me previously, just thought it was weird) and loved it. The characters were realistic. Shitty people, but realistic. Oddly refreshing.

[@thehairyclevage1645]

THEY ATE MUMMY!

[@samthomas6677]

I’ve yet to ever watch a show that has writing as good as this show.

[@coolvideos8864]

British comedy is just the best!

[@jaffawaffa22]

Words cannot describe my love for this show If you’ve never seen it open your heart to these two losers

[@LynchTheShills]

This is outraaagious

[@lazarusjambon1288]

THIS IS CONTAGIOUS

[@Angel-kl1ml]

I have no stomach for cringe comedy. It twists me up and I have to cover my eyes. But I discovered Peepshow a decade ago and couldn't look away until I finished the whole thing. I went on to obsessively track down all of Mitchell and Webb's other shows and of course Succession. Something about this one piece of media is so special. I don't know. Both the worst of them resonates the the far flung contrasts in my head and I'm compelled.